cylinder

English

Etymology

From Middle French cylindre, from Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪləndɚ/, [ˈsɪlɪ̈ndɚ]

• Audio (US):

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Noun

A drawing of a cylinder showing the height at the center.

cylinder (plural cylinders)

1. (geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.

   When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both right and circular are usually implied.

2. (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
3. Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
   • 1898 — H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds Ch.4

     A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder.

4. A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
6. (automotive) The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
8. A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.
9. An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
10. The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.
11. (computing) The corresponding tracks on a vertical arrangement of disks in a disk drive considered as a unit of data capacity.

Derived terms

• cylinder head
• cylindrical
• fire on all cylinders
• two-cylinder

Translations

geometry: surface

• Albanian: cilindër (sq) m
• Arabic: أُسْطُوَانَة (ar) f (ʔusṭuwāna)
• Armenian: գլան (hy) (glan)
• Azerbaijani: silindr
• Belarusian: цылі́ндр m (cylíndr)
• Bulgarian: цили́ндър m (cilíndǎr)
• Catalan: cilindre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圓柱體／圆柱体 (zh) (yuánzhùtǐ), 圆柱体 (zh) (yuánzhùtǐ), 圓柱／圆柱 (zh) (yuánzhù), 圆柱 (zh) (yuánzhù)

• Czech: válcová plocha f, válec (cs) m
• Danish: cylinder (da) c
• Dutch: cilinder (nl) m
• Estonian: silinder
• Faroese: sylindari m
• Finnish: lieriö (fi), ympyrälieriö (fi)
• French: cylindre (fr) m
• Georgian: ცილინდრი (cilindri)
• German: Zylinder (de) m
• Greek: κύλινδρος (el) m (kýlindros)

  Ancient Greek: κύλινδρος m (kúlindros)

• Hebrew: גָּלִיל (he) m (galíl)
• Hindi: सिलिंडर m (siliṇḍar)
• Hungarian: henger (hu)
• Icelandic: sívalningur (is) m
• Indonesian: silinder (id)
• Irish: sorcóir m
• Italian: cilindro (it) m
• Japanese: 円柱 (ja) (えんちゅう, enchū), シリンダー (ja) (shirindā)
• Kazakh: цилиндр (silindr)
• Korean: 원기둥 (won'gidung), 실린더 (ko) (sillindeo), 원통 (ko) (wontong)
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• Kyrgyz: цилиндр (ky) (tsilindr)
• Lao: ກະບັ້ງ (ka bang), ກະບອກ (ka bǭk)
• Latvian: cilindrs m
• Lithuanian: cilindras m
• Macedonian: ци́линдар m (cílindar)
• Malay: silinder
• Mongolian: цилиндр (mn) (cilindr)
• Persian: استوانه (fa) (ostovâne)
• Polish: cylinder (pl) m, walec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m
• Romanian: cilindru (ro) m
• Russian: цили́ндр (ru) m (cilíndr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: цилиндар m, ваљак m

  Roman: cilindar (sh) m, valjak (sh) m

• Slovak: valec m
• Slovene: valj (sl) m
• Spanish: cilindro (es) m
• Swedish: cylinder (sv) c
• Tagalog: bumbong
• Tajik: силиндр (silindr), устувона (ustuvona)
• Tatar: цилиндр (tsilindr)
• Thai: ทรงกระบอก (song-grà-bɔ̀ɔk), กระบอก (th) (grà-bɔ̀ɔk)
• Turkish: silindir (tr)
• Turkmen: silindr
• Ukrainian: цилі́ндр (uk) m (cylíndr)
• Uzbek: silindr (uz)
• Vietnamese: hình trụ tròn
• Yiddish: צילינדער m (tsilinder)
• Zazaki: silindir m

geometry: solid

• Armenian: գլան (hy) (glan)
• Bengali: বেলন (belon)
• Bulgarian: цили́ндър m (cilíndǎr)
• Catalan: cilindre (ca) m
• Czech: válec (cs) m
• Danish: cylinder (da) c
• Dutch: cilinder (nl) m
• Esperanto: cilindro (eo)
• Finnish: lieriö (fi), ympyrälieriö (fi), sylinteri (fi)
• French: cylindre (fr) m
• German: Zylinder (de) m
• Greek: κύλινδρος (el) m (kýlindros)

  Ancient Greek: κύλινδρος m (kúlindros)

• Ido: cilindro (io)
• Irish: sorcóir soladach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: cilindro (it) m
• Macedonian: ци́линдар m (cílindar)
• Malay: silinder, torak-torak
• Maori: rango
• Polish: walec (pl) m
• Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m
• Romanian: cilindru (ro) m
• Russian: цили́ндр (ru) m (cilíndr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: valjak (sh) m, stublina (sh) f

• Slovak: valec m
• Slovene: valj (sl) m
• Spanish: cilindro (es) m
• Tagalog: bumbong
• Turkish: silindir (tr)
• Yiddish: צילינדער m (tsilinder)

any cylindrical object

• Armenian: գլան (hy) (glan)
• Bulgarian: валяк (bg) m (valjak)
• Catalan: cilindre (ca) m
• Czech: válec (cs) m
• Danish: cylinder (da) c
• Dutch: cilinder (nl) m
• Finnish: sylinteri (fi)
• French: cylindre (fr) m
• German: Zylinder (de) m
• Greek: κύλινδρος (el) m (kýlindros)
• Hebrew: גָּלִיל (he) (ga'lil)
• Italian: cilindro (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: валец m (valec)
• Maori: puoto
• Polish: cylinder (pl) m
• Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m
• Romanian: cilindru (ro) m
• Russian: цили́ндр (ru) m (cilíndr), ва́лик (ru) m (válik)
• Slovak: valec m
• Slovene: valj (sl) m
• Spanish: cilindro (es) m
• Tagalog: bumbong
• Turkish: silindir (tr)
• Yiddish: צילינדער m (tsilinder)

cavity or chamber

• Bulgarian: цили́ндър m (cilíndǎr)
• Catalan: cilindre (ca) m
• Czech: válec (cs) m
• Danish: cylinder (da) c
• Dutch: cilinder (nl) m
• Finnish: sylinteri (fi)
• French: cylindre (fr) m
• German: Zylinder (de) m, Brennkammer (de) m
• Greek: κύλινδρος (el) m (kýlindros)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: גָּלִיל (he) (ga'lil)
• Italian: cilindro (it) m
• Japanese: 気筒 (ja) (きとう, kitō)
• Macedonian: ци́линдар m (cílindar)
• Maori: puoto
• Portuguese: cilindro (pt) m
• Russian: цили́ндр (ru) m (cilíndr) (engine cylinder)
• Spanish: cilindro (es) m

the space in which a piston travels

• Bulgarian: цилиндър m (cilindǎr)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 气缸 (zh) (qìgāng), 氣缸／气缸 (zh) (qìgāng)

• French: cylindre (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Zylinder (de) m
• Spanish: cilindro (es) m
• Vietnamese: xi lanh (vi), xi-lanh (vi)

container

• Bulgarian: барабан (bg) m (baraban)
• Danish: cylinder (da) c
• Finnish: sylinteri (fi)
• French: bonbonne (fr) f
• German: Zylinder (de) m
• Greek: κύλινδρος (el) m (kýlindros)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: גָּלִיל (he) (ga'lil)
• Polish: butla (pl)
• Portuguese: botijão (pt) m, botija (pt) f, bujão m
• Russian: балло́н (ru) m (ballón), цили́ндр (ru) m (cilíndr), бидо́н (ru) m (bidón), бараба́н (ru) m (barabán)
• Spanish: cilindro (es) m

recording

• Finnish: sylinteri (fi), lieriö (fi), vahasylinteri, vahalieriö
• French: cylindre phonographique m, cylindre (fr) m
• German: Rolle (de) f, Zylinder (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: κύλινδρος (el) m (kýlindros)
• Macedonian: ци́линдар m (cílindar)
• Russian: цили́ндр (ru) m (cilíndr), ро́лик (ru) m (rólik)

part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds

• Bulgarian: барабан (bg) m (baraban)
• Dutch: trommel (nl) f or m
• Finnish: rulla (fi)
• French: barillet (fr) m
• Galician: tambor (gl) m
• Greek: μύλος (el) m (mýlos)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: бу́ренце n (búrence)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tønne (no) m or f

• Russian: бараба́н (ru) m (barabán)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Neapolitan: celéntra (1), cìlìndro (1)
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Verb

cylinder (third-person singular simple present cylinders, present participle cylindering, simple past and past participle cylindered)

1. (transitive) To calender; to press (paper, etc.) between rollers to make it glossy.

See also

• cylinder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sylenər/, [syˈlenˀɐ] or IPA^(key): /sylendər/, [syˈlenˀd̥ɐ]

Noun

cylinder c (singular definite cylinderen, plural indefinite cylindere or cylindre)

1. cylinder

Inflection

Declension of cylinder

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cylinder	cylinderen	cylindere cylindre	cylinderne cylindrene
genitive	cylinders	cylinderens	cylinderes cylindres	cylindernes cylindrenes

Further reading

• cylinder on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Cylinder (geometri) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Cylinder (fluidmekanik) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Cylinder (motordel) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin cylindrus, from Ancient Greek κύλινδρος (kúlindros), from κυλίνδω (kulíndō) "I roll or wallow" (intransitive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɨˈlin.dɛr/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

cylinder m inan (diminutive cylinderek)

1. top hat, high hat, cylinder hat, topper
2. cylinder (any object in the form of a circular cylinder)
3. (automotive) cylinder (space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump)

Declension

Declension of cylinder

	singular	plural
nominative	cylinder	cylindry
genitive	cylindra	cylindrów
dative	cylindrowi	cylindrom
accusative	cylinder	cylindry
instrumental	cylindrem	cylindrami
locative	cylindrze	cylindrach
vocative	cylindrze	cylindry

Derived terms

• (verb) cylindrować
• (adjectives) cylindrowy, cylindryczny
• (adverb) cylindrycznie

Related terms

• (noun) cylindroid

Further reading

• cylinder in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Swedish

Noun

cylinder c

1. (geometry) a cylinder
2. (mechanics) a cylinder (part of an engine)
3. a top hat

Declension

Declension of cylinder
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cylinder	cylindern	cylindrar	cylindrarna
Genitive	cylinders	cylinderns	cylindrars	cylindrarnas

Related terms

• cylinderformig
• cylinderhatt
• cylinderlås
• cylinderpress
• cylindervolym
• cylindrisk

References

• cylinder in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)